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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1906)
LOCAL BITS. , C. A. Suiin1iour vnn in from IiIh homu.slond west of Hend Tlittt.i tiny. K. C. Park of Redmond wan nt , tciulliiK to lniHinu.H.srt tiinttcrn in Ueiid today. Nick Wcidor lull for Prineville Tuesday wlicre he has cni;ii;cd work for n short time. Tim 1. II. I). Co. miwniill Marled ' operations hut Monday and will Mill for two or tlituu weeks. V. K. Oiiorin. jr., mid II. C lcll Monday for Silver I.nkc to attend to hiisiuuss matters. . Mm. V. V. Smith mid Iter iter hlm Pearl Highlower, drove over 1 to Iiund from Ttimulo Suttiiday. One more short week nnd the , scliool belt will riiiK mid the happy boy will hasten to scliool with Inn kIhb stows. Mr. nnd Mrs. A. C. Lucas j;nve , a plcnnaiit trout dinner to a (ew friends Inut evening nt the I'ilot Iluttc Inn. The Muster mwinill has been running for the hist week or 10 tlnys nnd nre turning out a good grade of lumber. Henry Twct is building a two story addition to his house on his , homeslwid two miles wotit of lieiid. dimensions 12x15 fact. it Mrs. K. A. Voting, who lint. . been viitiiiK in Hand for the tt , two or three weeks, will return to . her home in Salt I.nke City about Sept. 1. Christian Uudenvor subject for Aug. 36th: "Home Missions Among our Island Possessions." ; Text, Isn. .13 : 112. Lender, Miss ola Kever, The Ladies' nid of the M. 1C. . church will meet with Mrs. 8. C. Caldwell Weduetiduy afternoon, the . afith of August. Work. All mem bers nnd friends are invited. Joe Jlnckhol. is building n lnrgc Mtoragc ccllnr for vegetables, etc. . oil his place nlraut two miles ettht . of Iteud, using between 5,000 and fi.ooo feet of lumbar in building it. Millard Triplett exhibited some . of the finest onions nt The Ilulletiu . office recently that were ever 1 grown. An avciage one nieustiicd . 1 1 X inched in circumference. U'liuy were well formed, firm nnd solid nnd hot. The board of equalization for Crook county will meet nt Prine villc next Monday, the 27th, when . they will examine the assessment rolls and hear the complaints ot those who have n kick to register ngnitist the nssusssmcuts. Mr. nnd Mr9. II. P. Lees of Portland,- Orogon, were in Henri yester day' visiting friends nnd attending to business matters. This morn ing Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Chnpinnu TiTe Central Ore gon Banking 3b Trust Company INCOKItlHATIEI) I90f Capital $23,000.00 ' Transacts n Genera! Unnk lngHuslness. Act's ns Administrator, Hx ecutor or Trustee of Estates V' "Issues llriftu mill flunk Muney Orders on all Foreign Countries. t Interest on Tline Deposits. Safe Deposit Hexes. Plie Insurance. D I R IJ C T O II S: A. M. Drake, A. I,. C.oodwlllle, President, Vice l'rcs. J, M. I.awrcuce, Secretary, 1'. O. Minor, Onslllcr. 1UNH, . . . . OREGON drove ns far nq Ucdmond.with them 011 their return trip to Portland. Horn this morning to Mr. nnd Mrs. Tom Tripled an' eight jotind All the magazines nnd the Satur day JCvciiing Post nt the postoftlcc news-stand. ro-tf. The Crook county fair nssocin tiou will hold the cojmty fair nt Priucvllle on Oct. 10-1 1-13-13. A new pnvillion 30x60 feet will be built, the mite trnct put in good condition and the grounds over hauled in readiness for this event. Monday afternoon and evening the air in Henri was filled with smoke, so dense to the west that the usual beautiful mountain view was entirely , obscured., It is re ported that there was quite n large lire in the vicinity of Hlnck Iluttc 11 oil r Sibters. J. Vaughn returned Wednesday fiom his trip to the Rogue river valley with n large load of tipples. Mrs. Vaughn and the children re mained in the valley, where they nre drying nuri canning fruit. He will return there in a few days nuri later will return to Henri with more fruit. Mrs. II. C. Kills gave a very pleasant informal party to several of her friends last Monday after noon. They marie p. trip to tic Kowlce ranch, procurec a supply of roasting cars and then returned to Mrs. Kills' home, where they feasted on roast corn nnd other good things. L. II. McConn has met with great success in his garden this year, nuri especially so with peas His vines nre loaded with pods that measure on nu average four inches and contain from eight to nine large pen to each pod. He has two vnrietics, the' Telephone .ind Champions of Knglaud. The band boys have recently ordered three fine new instruments from the C. G. Conn Co. of Elk hart, Ind. n $90 bass, a $72.50 Imritone trombone nuri case, ami n ?6o It flat coronet solo. Charles Drown will handle the bass, 11. J. P. McDonald the trombone nuri Creed Triplet the cornet. The ac silver plated nnd, execptin the trombone, hnvc gold bells. The Hew Jinnett ot Priucvillc, who has frequently preached to congregations nt Henri, recently hnri nn experience with the forest fires in the Canyon Creek country. He nuri several others were camp ing in that uighborhoori when the fire broke out and were pressed in to service to fight the fires by the forest rangejs. During three, hot tiresome days these gentlemen fought valiantly against the flames. C. A. Chapman hns some extra flue samples .of onU, wheat nnd barley in his store window Hint were grown on the I C. Kowlce much n mile nnd n half cast af Hcud. All this grain stands in very henvy stools, nn average stool containing 50 stalks. Kach stalk is topped with n very heavy hend well filled with fine large kernels. The samples nre the Little Club nnd Velvet Chaff wheat, beardless barley nnd Whiteside oats. This grain volunteered from seed dropped nt different places 011 the ranch nnd received no care or cultivation whatever. The Deschutes Telephone Telegram J'orwarded to Any Part of tlie World. Direct Telephone Communication with 1'ortlaml, l'riuevlllc and nil Pacific Cont cities. Public Pay Stations in Hunk llnlding nt Hend, nt I.nid law mid Powell Hut ten. Messenger service to any part of Crook County houtli of Crooked tos: I lira iirin Tlin RIJADINC ROOM MOVED. New Quarters Proyldc.for It In The Bulletin llu'lldlng. Following out the plans recently ndoptcri by the Hend Library Asso ciation, the library,, aii& Vending room will soon be moved into the room now occupied by Mrs. C. A. Jones ns nu office in Tlie Hullctin building nuri will occupy 'the south half of that room A partition will be built through the middle of the present room, the library quarters newly papered and a window prob ably cut in the outh wall of the building. This will furnish very pleasant quarters for this institution. After tlie installation in the new quarters, it is planned to have the librnry nuri rcuding room open to the public during both the day and evening. AIJOUT NEWMKRiaATION LAW An Article Written by Stnte Hnglnecr LcwIh on This Important Matter. State Knginecr J. II. Lewis is do ing much good work to educate the people in the requirements and to the need of a new irrigation law for Oregon, with the hope that n prac tical measure will be passed by the next legislature. He recently pre pared an article for publication that touches on irrigation conditions in the Willamette valley, but the prin ciples that he proposes for a new law arc, of course, applicable to the whole state. The article is as fol lows. The recent discussion heforc the- eViiu mcrcial hodicsof Portland on the devel opment of Oregon' irrigation und water iHiuer resource, and eiccially the ap plication of irrigation to the UllUmcttc valley, which wan unnulmously urged liy the Portland hoard of trnile. Jim raiseil the question of legislation for its cu cimr.iKcuicut. The law propOMHl by tho governor's commission, which failed to lie jKucd by the last legislature, hat been strongly urged as a lwsis,"for difctimloit, an in line with the ofcvof the govern ment and in harmony -with the federal lawn. The commission was assisted in it preparation by Morris Ilieu, the lceal adviser of, the reclamation scrwee, who is con dcrcd a Icaliii authority 011 irri gation law. It ii founded upon the ex perience of other itatcs where the funda mental principles have !ccii tried nnd found siirccsstnl. .Substantially the tame law was'rcfc,ntly jwsscd by North Dako ta, South p.ikota ami Oklahoma, and, with the addition of a few details, was adopted liy Vuh. Thin law in chiefly ad ministrative. A systematic method af establishing and recording vented rights in accordance with the established laws and decisions of the courts whs provided, also for the nc)Uiriug and recording of new rights, uithjjie necessary proof of completion of worts and determination by a iualiflcd officer of the amount of wnterputto bcncfU,ial use. Titles to water would then be ns definite as title to land and an-abstruct of the water rec ords, shoning definite title, made pos sible. . A plaiji sinUtuKmt of existing condi tions of sjate legislation 1 found in a mcssAKeof l'ixileiit Roosevelt of Dcceiu lier, ll, thcre liccays: "Tbc securitynnd values of the homes created dqwinl largely on the fctability of titles to water, but the majority of thcM.' rest on the uncertain fouud(tioli of coitrV decisions 'rendered- in ordinary suits at law. With n few creditable ex ceptions, the arid states have fnilcd toj provide for the certain and just division I 01 streams in tunes 01 scarcity, iax ai uncertain laws have made it powible to estuhlikh rights to water in cxcom of nc tual Use or tieccMitief, nnd many stream!) have 'already passed into private owner ship, or control equivalent to ownership. "Whoever controls a stream practical ly controls the- land it renders produc tive,' and the doctrine of private owner ship uf watev apart from luud cannot pre xaii'withotit causing enduring wrong. The recognition of such ownership which hns l)cen permitted to gtow up' In the arid rcgitlus, should give wny to H' more ciiltglrtcucd and larger TecO;uition of the rights of the'piiblic in the control und duAml of the public water supplies. I.nws fonuded tqiou conditions obtaining in humid regions, where water Is too abundant to justify hoarding it, have 110 proper application in a dry country, "In the arid state the only right to water which should le recognlcd is that of use. )u irrigation this right should attach to the laud reclaimed and le in separable therefrom. Grunting pcrct nail water rights to others than users, without coiupeufiAtiou to the public, Is open to nil the objections which apply to gi lug awny perpetual franchises to the public.utilities 01 cities. A few of the Western Wp hav.e already recognized this, mid have Jitrorjioratcri in their eon- ttlllmloiis the ilottHne of twrnptiml Ktui,. ownerthlp ol wrttcf . " 1 lie criticisms uuq sugesuous 01 tlie president are applicable to .Qregou as a whole, ns the Willnjuctle vallev Is now admitted to ited irilgaiio" for its high Uk) dcfelppineut, If Oregqn is ijot yet rcauy lur iiumci u cwie 01 waier laws, wlleii will she be mart rendv? Tin. nnt. cr il(6 niiWlMcr of siwculqttvo and iucs. t'tonSbTtfAafcr right claimed, the more oonosltl'dtvto the nassnt'i! of sucb a Inu- miilJJihuvU' in KRKDS Ot A Sib'intUN ADMtNISTRATlVIt V CODK? v . 1 .1 trouuieDegins., Nicrus.tlitchea nre k ." '.. . 1 .. I Li I 14.-. . -- tton, constant mcasureuteut of the wat " Whelibut few rights cxKtoii A WVft' Wl'SWPver the Alffln , of the hVnjlaWe Wafer, 1 had, burns sqou as ttienti)ltrotlrlatioiiH'rlftveeed .' h .uinnl v . .. .. .1I1T K ' ers find police control vill lie ncc-awary to Indicate when these ranal shotihl be closed and the regular flow go by to sat' isfy prior vested rights. With the coir stmctlou of atorngc reservoirs, tlie ques tiou Is "till further complicated. This (jiicstlon will soon arise on the t'mntilln river ns to how Istc in the sprint: the government will lie tieriuittcri to take water for its storage reservoir. David I'ckles reiKjrts cftroubleMiiiie case in the Orandc Kolldc vnllnrj which is typicnUif nearly all storage project on tlie uatur Hi fm 4 ! rf ft sltmilll Alul fait I k . ill t.itij((w tvi niiwuiiif nijii (iiuni, in. m- lieved by legislation if Irrigation by stor age is to oc cucoUMgeo, ine stored water were turned from the reservoir into the stream channel when needed, with theextieotatiou of recoveriui! the same, with due allowance for loss, nt his Mitch diversion, liut tlie reguiar How ami increased siitmlv ws taken by the ditches with earlier right taking water at jioiut above Ins headgate. Tile illlf) culty was tctiixjrarily overcome by turil iug out the stored water nt itkflit and ir rigating nt a disadvnutnge. These diffi culties are and have been successfully met In otlicr htates, whose laws provide for a careful administrative system over it waters. The stored water is meas ured each year, and each owner protected by the state in its um; at any distance down the stream, with due allowance for Io by evaporallou and seepage, regard less nt to tlie numter ol ilttclt diversions lctnccii the reservoir and place ff use. ' ril'.Vl'.WI'MH.VT Dl.SCOUHAr.I'.l). Ilefore nn iudhiilttnl, corjwraiiou, state or goveruiiH-ntcau with any dogrcc of certainty cuter into the construction of works involving the use of waters, two things must be known. I'irst, the amount of flow at different seasons nt the proposed point of diversion, and, sec ond, the amount of water which is uc4 ciary to satisfy the vested rights below thn proposed point of diversion. The state, in co-operation with the govern ment, has undertaken to secure record as to stream discharge, which to be (if much value must extend over a period of two to five years. At present it Is impos aililc to determine what amount of wat er is nece-uciry to Mtisfy vested rights, which information is necessary, to know if any surplus water exists in a stream to be put to licneficial use. Capital seeking investment In this line is. therefore discouraged, and the value of legitimate rights very much lessened because of this uncertainty. Hveti where a court decree has been rendered, it niny be upset at a later date unless all who claim the right to the use of waters were made parties to the suit, including lite state, as trustee of the surplus waters, if any. for future users. , All present vested rights will ultimate ly come Ulorc tlie courts as water In comes more valuable as a matter of self preservation. As already experienced ot certain Oregon streams, considerable areas have been in the courts having their rights adjudicated for the second or third time, und perhaps again in the future a new- ditches are built. If a new liir will provide a systematic method of ddtcrinluing thce rights, also .the re!-' cording and protection forever on iticj pnrt ai tlie state, it u ueucvet tlie in creased value would justify the cscnC. The certainty of a new right, if permit ted, would greatly cncoura'gc new devel opment up to the limit of the toieficl.-jl use to winch each stream could be, put. With lle water rights of the Western states uniform, the troublesome questioh of interstate rights would be eliminated. Ah the future of a larger part of tlm state will depend largely on irrigation, which in turn Is dependent upon law's providing a careful administration over the waters to eliiiiiuinate the uncertain, ties of supply and cxpcnsUclltigatiun, it is believed that this subject will receive careful consideration by the next legisla tive assembly, The Soil and Nature: All my hurts My 'garden spade can heal: A woodland . walk, t quost of river grapes, it mocking thrush. A tiil rose, n rock-loving columbine, Salve tnjMVorst wounds. H. mm 1 Waldo Hmkrson. If you wnnt to keep in touch with the development of this creat Des chutes valley, RIJAD the Bulletin. OREGON ShojtLine and UNION PACIFIC TO r Salt Lake. ,. Denver Kansas City Chicago IV St. Louis New York Oconn Steamers between Portland and San Francisco every five days. TtcKets to ami from all parts or the United Stntes, Canada nnd Kuioie. ' " FortKhrttcUInrs, call on or address MS. IfcEfcANtyMgtv; : Tht Dalles, Or. PILOT BUTTE INN X. 'C. LUCAS, Proprietor Tabtca supplied with all the delicacies of the season First-class Kguipment Fine Rooms and Beds All Stages stop at the hotel ""door .a-,. -. RALPH SHELDON General Blacksrnithing and Wagon Repairing HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY gW Our shop is located opposite Baptist Church. Z. F. MOODYhs GENERAL Commission and forwarding MERCHANT. ,. .. . SHANIKO, - OREGON Urge, Commodious Warehouse. Consignments Solicited Prompt attention psiil to those who favot mc with their imtronage . m SHA'NIKO-PRINEVILLB pMneville-bend SOUTUDOUNlJ Leave Shaniko 6 p. m. Arrive Prineville 7 a. m. Leave Prineville 12:30 p. m. Arrive Bend 7:00 p. in. FIRST-CX.ASS.EQTJfPMljTS - I PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RATES REASONALE I Bend Livery & J. FRANK STROUD, Mnnager LIVERY, and FEED STABLE Hoxsrs BoArdkd by thb Day, WijEk or Month First-CIass Livery Rfos for Rent. ,PKmcNo.I5 - . .. t Oond street, between Minnesota and Oregon, BEND'S MEAT MARKET ttAtX STKKKT, Opposite D. M. Co. THE finest stock, of FRESH MEATS in Crook Cdtinty. Cured Meats and Lard and aJJ the ccesSpYies of a First-Class Market.- Everything new and of the riesL WH ITE & H I LL. REPEMIG No matter bo'ws jho bird, no owlft its flight, you can bring "wiwi .' straight ehojting Winchester Kcpeatwg: notgun. Results are wbat count, iney always giva me 1 ftl J( Jt bhU k.,Ilkln PJtEEt $ritf1i&Kt$ i aJJntt w a JLt zA ill m in mi linn '' mV CTAfiC I IMP I OlAUC ifinK J SCHEDULE j! KORTnDOUKD Leave Bend 6:00 a. m.jk Arrive PYiocville ia:oo m. ' IxaVc Prineville 1 p. m. AVrt; Shauiko 1 a. m. FOR TRAVELLING- PUBLIC Transfer Co. fiend, Oregon. NEW" LV'l.'f wl V '1 iPCyd' ' 1 j--mr wi '- 11.-- SHOTGUNS mattr hgjw heavy Its flumago or it to; -htz with . loop, strong, uosi resuui in neia, iowi or trap AalK t feiiautiniid MHxlratkAnk oi(X c&rd for our Urg$ UUituttX taUhgu